US Patent Issued on June 17 for "Robotic head holding system for surgical procedures, and associated devices and methods" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,692, issued on June 17.

"Robotic head holding system for surgical procedures, and associated devices and methods" was invented by Christopher Joseph Elia (Philadelphia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology is directed to robotic systems that support and selectively adjust a position of a patient's head and neck during surgery. The robotic head holding systems may include a patient engagement assembly for supporting a portion of the patient and one or more arm segments connecting the patient engagement assembly to a surgical bed. An actuator can move the patient engagement assembly and/or the one or more arm segments t...